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Item Metadata only The development process of corporate social responsibility consciousness indicators of banking business in Thailand(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2023) Non Vorlapanit; Nawarat Phlainoi; Supavan Phlainoi; Pipat YodprudtikanItem Metadata only Between the domination of transnational companies and its discourse on business and human rights : contract farming and banana small farmers in the Davao Region (The Philippines)(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2024) Hasanah, Mahesti, 1990-; Quan, Ryan Jeremiah D.; Chua, Bencharat SaeThis research examined violations towards small farmers' rights over the banana plantation--with the emphasis that the farmers held their agreement with transnational agribusiness corporations in Santo Tomas and Compostela Valley, Davao Region, Mindanao, the Philippines. By focusing on the right to work and the right to enjoyment of safe and healthy work conditions, the study was intended to enrich the existing literature reviews on contract farming. The scholars in this field have explored this issue through many different approaches; however, perspective highlighting the farmers' rights is still infrequently investigated. By using a case study method, the research focused on the implementation process of CF and its impact in the production cycle of small growers. The study conducted interviews and focus group discussions with (8) small farmers, (2) academics, (2) NGOs, and (1) journalist and analyzed government document policies, and had direct observation of several key events in the field. The research revealed that the companies governing the small farmers or growers as well as workers, it affect their social, economic, and political aspects. Trans- National Companies (TNCs) are controlling the market and the production chain through their subsidiaries or affiliation companies by rejecting the UN Guiding Principles, obligating them to respect the rights regardless of their size, sector, operational context, ownership, and structure. However, since the UN Guiding Principles can be sorted as a soft law, the companies do not have an obligation to follow it. Instead, the companies are considered violating the right to work and right to the enjoyment of just and safe working conditions of the small farmers and workers. The violations included unfair contract signing, low payment on rented land, minimum wage, and unhealthy working conditions. However, as contract farming is no single phenomenon, it was observed that the small farmers and workers had three strategies in gaining their rights over these domineering companies. They fought using formal and non-formal ways to demand from the companies to respect and fulfill their rights. This research should be able to strengthen Vellema's argument that companies are controlling the small farmers and workers under the contract farming' system through social, economic, and political aspects.Item Metadata only Online journalists' responses to Duterte's administration attacks on press freedom(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2024) Carnerero, Jesus Manuel Valverde, 1992-; Veneracion-Rallonza, Maria Lourdes; Barry, Coeli's actions on the war on drugs are weakening that guarantee. In that sense, this study aims to shape the responses that critical online journalists keep on creating in the given context. Through the existing literature review, this paper has explained online... who indeed report about the government's measures on the issue. It was scheduled in 8 different face-to-face sessions. Therefore, in the Philippines, the responses take the form of in-depth reports, which are published in news sites including the namePublication Metadata only English Language Teaching In Times Of Crisis: Teacher Agency In Response To The Pandemic-Forced Online Education(2021-01-01) Athip Thumvichit; Mahidol UniversityTeacher agency occurs when teachers demonstrate a capacity to solve pedagogical and curriculum challenges. This article delves into how tertiary English teachers in Thailand practice their agency in response to the abrupt conversion to online... teaching amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This study drew on teachers’ responses to a questionnaire (n=162) and semi-structure interviews (n=3) to identify their positioning and agentic actions. The results suggest that teachers’ positioning as beingPublication Metadata only Institutional responses to avian influenza in Thailand: Control of outbreaks in poultry and preparedness in the case of human-to-human transmission(2008-04-01) Prasert Auewarakul; Wanna Hanchaoworakul; Kumnuan Ungchusak; Mahidol University; Thailand Ministry of Public HealthThailand faced an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in poultry and in humans in early 2004. By the end of the same year, more than 62 million birds had died or been culled and 17 human cases, with 12 dead, had been detected. Among the human cases..., most people were infected via direct contact with ill or deceased poultry, or when living in households with abnormal poultry deaths. One family cluster with probable human-to-human transmission was identified in September 2004. Recognizing the threatPublication Metadata only Oxidative DNA damage and inflammatory responses in cultured human cells and in humans exposed to traffic-related particles(2014-01-01) Udomratana Vattanasit; Panida Navasumrit; Man Bahadur Khadka; Jantamas Kanitwithayanun; Jeerawan Promvijit; Herman Autrup; Mathuros Ruchirawat; Chulabhorn Research Institute; South Carolina Commission on Higher Education; Chulabhorn Graduate Institute; Aarhus Universitet; Mahidol University-induced oxidative DNA damage and inflammatory responses in the lung. Human exposure to PM leads to oxidative DNA damage whereas PM-induced inflammation was not conclusive and should be further investigated. © 2013 Elsevier GmbH.... human carcinogen (IARC, 2012), are considered a major contributor to traffic-related particulate matter (PM) in urban areas. DEP consists of various compounds, including PAHs and metals which are the principal components that contribute to the toxicityPublication Metadata only Survey of innate immune responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei in human blood identifies a central role for lipopolysaccharide(2013-11-26) Narisara Chantratita; Sarunporn Tandhavanant; Nicolle D. Myers; Sudeshna Seal; Arkhom Arayawichanont; Aroonsri Kliangsa-ad; Lauren E. Hittle; Robert K. Ernst; Mary J. Emond; Mark M. Wurfel; Nicholas P.J. Day; Sharon J. Peacock; T. Eoin West; Mahidol University; University of Washington, Seattle; Sappasitthiprasong Hospital; University of Maryland, Baltimore; Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine; University of Cambridgeresponses to invading bacteria are precipitated by activation of host pathogen recognition receptors by pathogen associated molecular patterns. Human melioidosis is characterized by up-regulation of pathogen recognition receptors and pro-inflammatory... cytokine release. In contrast to many gram-negative pathogens, however, the lipopolysaccharide of B. pseudomallei is considered only weakly inflammatory. We conducted a study in 300 healthy Thai subjects to investigate the ex vivo human blood responseItem Metadata only Response of Asean to human rights violations in Southeast Asia : case studies of Cambodia and East Timor(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2006) Sunsanee Sutthisunsanee; Sriprapha PetcharamesreePublication Metadata only Human immune responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei characterized by protein microarray analysis(2011-04-01) Duangchan Suwannasaen; Jirawan Mahawantung; Wipada Chaowagul; Direk Limmathurotsakul; Philip L. Felgner; Huw Davies; Gregory J. Bancroft; Richard W. Titball; Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai; Khon Kaen University; Sappasitthiprasong Hospital; Mahidol University; University of California, Irvine; University of ExeterBackground. We aimed to determine the antibody and T cell responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei of humans to select candidate vaccine antigens. Methods. For antibody profiling, a protein microarray of 154 B. pseudomallei proteins was probed... with plasma from 108 healthy individuals and 72 recovered patients. Blood from 20 of the healthy and 30 of the recovered individuals was also obtained for T cell assays. Results. Twenty-seven proteins distinctively reacted with human plasma followingPublication Metadata only Molecular pathways executing the "trophic sentinel" response in HPV-16 E7-expressing normal human diploid fibroblasts upon growth factor deprivation(2004-02-05) Alexandra Eichten; Debrah S. Rud; Miranda Grace; Siribang On Piboonniyom; Valerie Zacny; Karl Münger; Harvard Medical School; University of California, San Francisco; Mahidol UniversityIn response to oncogenic insults, normal human cells execute a defense response that culminates in cellular suicide, apoptosis. Normal human diploid fibroblasts expressing the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) E7 oncoprotein are predisposed... to apoptosis when they are deprived of growth factors. Even though a dominant negative p53 mutant abrogates the cell death response, it is not accompanied by p53 phosphorylation, the DNA binding capacity of p53 remains unaltered, and no activation of common p53